Kolkata, Feb 12 || Grave uncertainties are looming over the inclusion of the 8,505 Group-B officers provided by the West Bengal government in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, as the Election Commission (ECI) has not received the detailed background information of these officers from the state government till February 11.
Insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, said that besides asking for the pay bands of all these 8,505 officers whose names have been recommended by the state government, the ECI had also sought some additional details in case of some in the list whose status as Group-B officers is doubtful.
“With just two days left for the deadline to complete the hearing sessions on claims and objections on the draft voters’ list on February 14, there is hardly any possibility of any of these 8,505 officers being involved in the hearing process. Some of them may be involved during the document scrutiny and disposal phase from February 14 to February 21. However, that will also depend on how far the state government clarifies the credentials of the officers in question,” said a CEO’s office insider.